Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Heart Failure

Job Title
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Heart Failure

Location
Cleveland

Facility
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department
Inpatient Pharmacy-Medical Operations

Job Code
T36059

Shift
Days

Schedule
7:00am-3:30pm/1:00pm-9:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

*This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $10,000 and relocation reimbursement up to $5,000*

As a Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Heart Failure, a caregiver in this role will provide advanced clinical pharmacy services within Cleveland Clinic's Ambulatory Heart Failure Clinics, serving as a key pharmacy resource for complex cardiovascular and heart failure patients. Practicing under a collaborative practice agreement, the caregiver will independently initiate and adjust heart failure and complementary medication therapies, including guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) initiation and titration and GLP-1 therapy titration. The caregiver will also support pre- and post-cardiac transplant patients and collaborate closely with cardiologists, transplant teams and interdisciplinary clinic staff to optimize medication therapy and patient outcomes. While primarily focused on heart failure, this role will maintain flexibility to support other acute care areas across the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute as operational needs require.

A caregiver in this position will work Monday through Friday, primarily during daytime hours from 7:00am to 3:30pm. The schedule will include a critical care evening shift rotation approximately every eighth weekend, with shifts from 1:00pm to 9:30pm. Caregivers will also participate in a decentralized cardiac care weekend rotation approximately every eighth weekend. Holiday coverage will include one holiday per year.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Routinely and continually provide pharmaceutical care for patients, considering their age and clinical condition.

• Provide general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses and, and other health care professionals.

• Support Clinical Pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction and formal educational programs.

• Maintain expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities.

• Educate Clinical Pharmacists, Technicians, Pharmacy Students, Post-Graduate Trainees and other caregivers in Pharmacotherapy within in the specialty area.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• PharmD or Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of Pharmacy

• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible within 90 days of hire

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification obtained within 90 days of hire (if administering immunizations)

• Completion of a Post-Graduate Year 2 Residency (PGY2) or fellowship OR completion of a Post-Graduate Year 1 Residency (PGY-1) and two years of experience as a Clinical Specialist or an equivalent role, including providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring for at least 50% of time in the specialty area OR four years of experience as a Clinical Specialist or an equivalent role, including providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring for at least 50% of time in the specialty area

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Board certification
• Strong heart failure and cardiovascular clinical knowledge
• Flexibility to support various acute care and critical care practice areas as needed

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform the job while standing and walking for prolonged times, approximately 75% of shift and continuously for extended periods of time.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer and dispensing functions of the job; ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Position often includes reaching, stretching, stooping, climbing steps and sitting.
• Must have normal or corrected vision.
• Must have ability to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required